Day 20 of 30

Still a little sick...not that my brain or my fingers dont work when i am sick, its just i dont feel like thinking anything... and without thinking how can i write...now dont ask me if all the junk i churn out is with thinking...


'Kavyakantha Ganapathi Muni' ..have you heard about this man before? It was in one of chaganti garu's discourses about ramana maharshi, i heard about him and was curious to know more and bought a book about him written by his grandson. I am wonder-stuck at how many wonderful people lived and walked India, it is not so long ago, early 1900's, and a man so spiritually inclined. I woould tell my mother before marriage and now D after marriage that i will go to Himalayas and sit in a cave and meditate and will never return(by now, they both figured, it is just a vain warning) and here this man would wander off and find a cave to meditate.

He did intense 'Tapas' and was a learned and a very highly accomplished spiritual person, an excellent astrologer, avadhaani, beautiful poet and a relentless freedom fighter. When we talk about India's freedom, only a few names comes up as forerunners leading the fight to freedom. But Ganapathi muni is the one who relied on spirituality and dhyaana to try to liberate the country from foreign rule. He give speeches motivating fellow Indians to participate in the struggle for freedom, so much so that the British empire had spies behind him and wanted to arrest him, they never could.

Its a shame how such accomplished people get lost in the books. They are like diamonds who need to be mined with great difficulty.
If you get a chance read about him.A poet extempore, earned the title 'Kavya Kantha' defeating a stalwart poet in Bengal.

He is a devoted disciple of Ramana Maharshi and what attracted to me most is how he explained 'sukhlaam bharadaram...' with respect to Ramana Maharshi. I could write here, the literal meaning of this sloka and his interpretation with respect to Ramana Maharshi. But wont, i want you to go and find out more about him and.

It is only in a millenia people such as him are born and blessed is Mother India, to have such a son.